Simple Guides

Two key goals of microBEnet are to bridge the gap between microbiologists and building scientists, as well as to educate the public about the microbiology of the built environment. To that end we are creating a series of “simple guides” that explain relevant pieces of microbiology or of building science. These are not designed to be read sequentially, each one stands more or less alone.

This guide explains some basic concepts of molecular biology. It discusses DNA, how DNA is made into RNA (transcription) and how RNA is made into protein (translation). This is also where we introduce ribosomal RNA (rRNA)